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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Compatibility between Mac and PC?

Posted: 6/18/2012 10:39:00 AM EDT

Thinking about getting one of those new MacBooks and I was wondering about the compatibility between Macs and PCs in regards to things like USB drives, etc. If I have a bunch of files on a USB drive, or an external hard drive, can I swap it between the two without having to format the disk? Also, suppose I have an external hard drive that's been formatted by TrueCrypt. Will I be able to use that across both systems as well?

Posted: 6/18/2012 10:49:45 AM EDT

[#1]

USB and External drive are plug and play between the two.

Unless you have true crypt for the Mac, you will have a problem. I don't know if a version exists for OS X or not.

I use drives between Windows, OS X, and Linux all the time with no problems.

Posted: 6/18/2012 11:09:10 AM EDT

[#2]

You should be able to get files off a windows usb drive but if you try and use macs built in backup app you will have to format it to mac.

Posted: 6/18/2012 11:11:33 AM EDT

[#3]

Most thumb drives are FAT 32 so they can swap easily. Make your share drives NTFS and access via SMB.

They use the same protocols so they communicate well together.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Compatibility between Mac and PC?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Compatibility between Mac and PC?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Compatibility between Mac and PC?